The Greatest Fantasy Books Since 1952

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This list represents a comprehensive and trusted collection of the greatest books. Developed through a specialized algorithm, it brings together 759 'best of' book lists to form a definitive guide to the world's most acclaimed books. For those interested in how these books are chosen, additional details can be found on the rankings page.

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Rank Book Authors Year Country Language Actions
12501 The Shadow On The Stone Bench Maria Gripe 1982 Swedish Unknown
12509 The Survivor Wants To Die At The End Adam Silvera 2025 American English
12557 The Night Birds Christopher Golden 2025 American English
12558 Hansel And Gretel Stephen King, Maurice Sendak 2025 American English
12568 Meet Me At The Crossroads Megan Giddings 2025 American English
12573 Happy Land Dolen Perkins-Valdez 2025 American English
12575 When They Burned The Butterfly Wen-yi Lee 2025 Taiwanese English
12583 The Last Tiger Julia Riew, Brad Riew 2025 American English
12607 Psychopomp & Circumstance Eden Royce 2025 American English
12610 After Life Gayle Forman 2025 American English
12617 The Expert Of Subtle Revisions Kirsten Menger-Anderson 2025 American English
12618 Sounds Like Love Ashley Poston 2025 American English
12625 The Island Of Last Things Emma Sloley 2025 Unknown English
12637 The Garden Nick Newman 2025 British English
12640 Animal Instinct Amy Shearn 2025 American English
12681 Audition For The Fox Martin Cahill 2025 Unknown English
12695 Scarlet Morning ND Stevenson 2025 American English
12710 Time Loops & Meet Cutes Jackie Lau 2025 Unknown English
12711 Beasts Of Carnaval Rosália Rodrigo 2025 Unknown English
12719 The Door On The Sea Caskey Russell 2025 American English
12720 A Feast For The Eyes Alex Crespo 2025 Unknown English
12727 A Little Hatred Joe Abercrombie 2019 British English
12727 Jade War Fonda Lee 2019 Canadian English
12727 The Bird King G. Willow Wilson 2019 American English
12758 Crumble Meredith McClaren, Andrea Bell 2025 Unknown English
12771 Blood On Her Tongue Johanna van Veen 2025 Unknown English
12772 The Burial Tide Neil Sharpson 2025 Unknown English
12776 The Confessional Paige Hender 2025 Unknown English
12777 The Country Under Heaven Frederic S. Durbin 2025 American English
12780 Drome Jesse Lonergan 2025 Unknown English
12824 The Starving Saints Caitlin Starling 2025 Unknown English
12825 Witchcraft For Wayward Girls Grady Hendrix 2025 Unknown English
12828 King Sorrow Joe Hill 2025 Unknown English
12829 Silver Elite Dani Francis 2025 Unknown English
12830 Bat Eater And Other Names For Cora Zeng Kylie Lee Baker 2025 Unknown English
12831 Harriet Tubman Bob the Drag Queen 2025 Unknown English
12832 Of Monsters And Mainframes Barbara Truelove 2025 Unknown English
12872 Yarrow Charles de Lint 1986 Canadian English
12891 Pan Michael Clune 2025 American English
12936 The Eleventh Hour Salman Rushdie 2025 British English
12979 Lessons In Magic And Disaster Charlie Jane Anders 2025 Unknown Unknown
13010 L'enchanteur René Barjavel 1984 French French
13006 Thus Were Their Faces Silvina Ocampo 1988 Argentinian Spanish
12993 All That We See Or Seem Ken Liu 2025 American English
13092 The Wood Wife Terri Windling 1996 American English
13056 Engines Of War R.S. Ford 2025 Unknown English
13059 Female Fantasy Iman Hariri-Kia 2025 Iranian English
13065 The Blackfire Blade James Logan 2025 Unknown English
13068 Aunt Tigress Emily Yu-Xuan Qin 2025 Unknown English
13077 The Isle In The Silver Sea Tasha Suri 2025 British English
13192 Blob Maggie Su 2025 Unknown English
13193 These Memories Do Not Belong To Us Yiming Ma 2025 Unknown English
13204 Awakened A.E. Osworth 2025 Unknown English
13114 The Conjuring Of America Lindsey Stewart 2025 Unknown English
13171 Dracula & Daughters Emma Carroll 2025 British English
13172 Deep Dark Zohra Nabi 2025 Unknown English
13173 Torchfire Moira Buffini 2025 British English
13188 The Witch's Egg Donya Todd 2025 Unknown English
13218 The Belgariad David Eddings 1982 American English
13229 Gardens Of The Moon Steven Erikson 1999 Canadian English
13239 Black Sun Rebecca Roanhorse 2020 American English
13239 Harrow The Ninth Tamsyn Muir 2020 New Zealand English
13239 The Burning God R. F. Kuang 2020 American English
13305 Kushiel's Dart Jacqueline Carey 2001 American English
13321 Jade Legacy Fonda Lee 2021 American English
13321 Nettle & Bone T. Kingfisher 2022 American English
13319 The Lions Of Al Rassan Guy Gavriel Kay 1995 Canadian English
13321 The Tainted Cup Robert Jackson Bennett 2024 American Unknown
13362 The Chronicles Of Prydain Lloyd Alexander 1964 American English
13362 The Dark Is Rising Sequence Susan Cooper 1965 British English
13513 Gil's All Fright Diner A. Lee Martinez 2005 American English
13531 Wild Seed Octavia E. Butler 1980 American English
13596 The Bride With White Hair Liang Yusheng 1957 Chinese Chinese
13694 First World Fantasy Awards Gahan Wilson 1977 American English
13707 The Little Country Charles de Lint 1991 Canadian English
13716 The Just City Jo Walton 2015 Canadian English
13716 The Philosopher Kings Jo Walton 2015 Canadian English
13716 Radiance Catherynne M. Valente 2015 American English
13716 The Traitor Baru Cormorant Seth Dickinson 2015 American English
13758 The Chronicles Of Amber Roger Zelazny 1970 American English
13767 The Serpent And The Wings Of Night Carissa Broadbent 2022 Unknown English
13768 Heroes And Horrors Fritz Leiber 1978 American English
13772 Necessity Jo Walton 2016 Canadian English
13772 City Of Blades Robert Jackson Bennett 2016 American English
13772 Every Heart A Doorway Seanan McGuire 2016 American English
13772 Tale Of The Troika Arkady Strugatsky 1968 Russian Russian
13806 The First Book Of Lankhmar Fritz Leiber 1970 American English
13806 The Chronicles Of The Deryni Katherine Kurtz 1970 American English
13818 The Faithful Lover Massimo Bontempelli 1953 Italian Italian
13818 A Caso Tommaso Landolfi 1975 Italian Italian
13878 Guilty Pleasures Laurell K. Hamilton 1993 American English
13886 City Of Miracles Robert Jackson Bennett 2017 American English
13886 Down Among The Sticks And Bones Seanan McGuire 2017 American English
13886 Raven Stratagem Yoon Ha Lee 2017 American English
13886 Underground Airlines Ben H. Winters 2016 American English
13886 Unseen Academicals Terry Pratchett 2009 British English
13905 Tales Of The Werewolf Clan: Vol. Ii. The Master Goes Home H. Warner Munn 1979 American English
13932 The Deer And The Cauldron Jin Yong 1969 Chinese Chinese
13941 The Golem and the Jinni Helene Wecker 2013 American English
13941 Saga Vol. 1 Brian K. Vaughan 2012 American English
13941 Ninth House Leigh Bardugo 2019 American English
13941 The Tale Of Despereaux Kate DiCamillo 2003 American English
13971 Beneath The Sugar Sky Seanan McGuire 2018 American English
13971 Revenant Gun Yoon Ha Lee 2018 Korean-American English
13971 The Monster Baru Cormorant Seth Dickinson 2018 American English
13971 The Radleys Matt Haig 2010 British English
13992 Chu Liuxiang Gu Long 1967 Chinese Chinese
13993 The World Fantasy Awards: Vol. 2 Fritz Leiber, Stuart David Schiff 1980 American Unknown
14001 The Golden Apple Robert Shea, Robert Anton Wilson 1975 American English
14025 The Kingdom Of Copper S. A. Chakraborty 2019 American English
14025 The Rosewater Redemption Tade Thompson 2019 British English
14025 In An Absent Dream Seanan McGuire 2019 American English
14025 The True Queen Zen Cho 2019 Malaysian English
14055 City Alessandro Baricco 1999 Italian Italian
14071 Riddance Shelley Jackson 2018 American English
14073 狂风 Sima Zhongyuan 1974 Chinese Unknown
14075 The Eyre Affair Jasper Fforde 2001 British English
14078 The Trouble With Peace Joe Abercrombie 2020 British English
14078 The Empire Of Gold S. A. Chakraborty 2020 American English
14078 The Tyrant Baru Cormorant Seth Dickinson 2020 American English